Kevin Spooner writes:
Legendary documentary maker, and star of BBC sitcom 'Upstart Crow' Ricky Gervais, has admitted he is a Leicester City fan. When I tracked him down to his one-bedroom flat in Slough (or wherever it is he lives), I asked him what first attracted him to the role.
"Well.....(pointing both index fingers at himself) ... success, mainly. I mean, I'm successful.... won awards and shit, and they're successful. I mean, hello! Winners of THE BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD, the P-r-e-m-i-e-r league yeah? I mean what have your team won?"
I point out that Manchester United won the F.A. Cup a couple of weeks ago.
"Right, the F.A. Cup, well done, no really, well done on that, nice little trophy, don't get me wrong, but it's not (grimaces)... the Premier League title is it?"
In fact, Mr Gervais, who is roughly middle-aged, has even been approached by Nick Hornby to star as Claudio Ranieri in his Hollywood movie version of The Leicester City Story.
"They gave Clooney a screen test, but he couldn't do the accent (points at self again); range you see, some have it, some don't. I'll basically play him as a chilled-out entertainer, with a penchant for expensive leather jackets."
I asked Nick Hornby at his North London home 'The Emirates' if The Leicester City Story was really hollywood material.
"I've thought about that," he said, "if they don't like it, I'll turn it into an insufferable middle-class comedy drama with a few references to Arsenal to keep working class viewers interested. In fact it'll be all about Arsenal, it'll make things simpler. The soundtrack can be culled from my Spotify playlist, and Ricky could play Arsene Wenger, 'cause he's great at accents."
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Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Saturday, 28 May 2016
Leicester City fans not sure what to wear this Summer.
Leicester City fans, who have been clad head-to-toe in Leicester City shirts, shorts, socks, scarves and hats, while holding those things that make a noise, aren't sure what to wear this Summer.
Now that the football season is over, The Foxes' supporters will be reduced to telling everyone they meet, within 30 seconds, that during the football season they support Leicester City. The alternative is to carry on wearing Leicester City kit and chanting Leicester City songs (if they have any), throughout the closed season.
Although England have qualified for Euro 2016, they tend to play in England shirts, which aren't even blue. If Leicester fans were to walk around in white shirts they might be mistaken for Leeds fans. Leeds haven't won the Premier League in ages, compared to Leicester, who actually won the title last year (we looked it up).
A spokesman for the Leicester City Supporters Club said: "It's a dilemma: we want to live and sleep in our Leicester kit, to let everyone know we're connected to a group of well-paid sportsmen who have done what they're paid to do, but we're starting to stink, and those clapper things are getting on everyone's nerves. The kids can keep going on those bastards for up to twelve hours a day."
Superfan Ken Fravington admits he'll not be able to leave the house at all: "I'm playing it safe, I'll spend the whole Summer in the garden, trying to do an elaborate tartan pattern on the lawn."
Now that the football season is over, The Foxes' supporters will be reduced to telling everyone they meet, within 30 seconds, that during the football season they support Leicester City. The alternative is to carry on wearing Leicester City kit and chanting Leicester City songs (if they have any), throughout the closed season.
Although England have qualified for Euro 2016, they tend to play in England shirts, which aren't even blue. If Leicester fans were to walk around in white shirts they might be mistaken for Leeds fans. Leeds haven't won the Premier League in ages, compared to Leicester, who actually won the title last year (we looked it up).
A spokesman for the Leicester City Supporters Club said: "It's a dilemma: we want to live and sleep in our Leicester kit, to let everyone know we're connected to a group of well-paid sportsmen who have done what they're paid to do, but we're starting to stink, and those clapper things are getting on everyone's nerves. The kids can keep going on those bastards for up to twelve hours a day."
Superfan Ken Fravington admits he'll not be able to leave the house at all: "I'm playing it safe, I'll spend the whole Summer in the garden, trying to do an elaborate tartan pattern on the lawn."